TRA / Restrictions blatantly ignored
I took my kiddies to a Kite Festival on Saturday. I knew it was on because for some weeks previously the Clubhouse at Barton had a notice up advising of an exclusion zone around the site.
I was only there from about 1.30pm to 4pm and in that time the site was overflown by a Cessna (172?) tracking in the direction of Blackpool / Woodvale and a Tomahawk tracking North. Finally a R44 buzzed the site causing the commentator to explain to the crowd about their frustrations with light aircraft and how they should know better etc etc. He also told the crowd that they had a good pair of binoculars and would be reporting the offending a/c to the CAA.
From my observations it seemed like the Tomahawk and R44 veered away at the last moment, but the Cessna blundered straight through.
It just makes me wonder that if such a well publicised local event can be infringed three times in three hours is it any wonder the Red Arrows and other Air Shows get frequently infringed.
Tony